Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Rotifera > Class Eurotatoria > Subclass Monogononta > Superorder Gnesiotrocha > Order Flosculariaceae > Family Hexarthridae > Genus Hexarthra

Hexarthra fennica (Levander, 1892)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Hexarthra*	Schmarda, 1854	accepted genus name
*Pedalia*	Barrois, 1878	generic synonym
*Pedalion*	Hudson, 1871	synonym

Species group names

*Pedalia fennica*	Levander, 1892	objective synonym
*Pedalion fennicum*	Levander, 1892	synonym

Literature

basis of record	O'Reilly, M. (2001). Rotifera, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 149-151
additional source	Koste, W. (1978). Rotatoria. Die Rädertiere Mitteleuropas. Ein Bestimmungswerk, begründet von Max Voigt. Überordnung Monogononta. Berlin, Stuttgart. Gebrüder Borntraeger, 2, 673, 234 pls.
additional source	Shiel, R.; Smales, L.; Sterrer, W.; Duggan, I.C.; Pichelin, S.; Green, J.D. (2009). Phylum Gnathifera: lesser jaw worms, rotifers, thorny-headed worms, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 137-158.
additional source	Segers, H. (2007). Annotated checklist of the rotifers (Phylum Rotifera), with notes on nomenclature, taxonomy and distribution. Zootaxa, 1564, 1-104

Genbank

Citation

Segers, H. (Ed.) (2025). World Rotifera database (FADA). Hexarthra fennica (Levander, 1892). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:134971

Hendrik Segers. Hexarthra fennica (Levander, 1892). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/1ced12ad-1ff1-4ba6-86af-15f14d1ddb26